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Description: | The object is an incomplete purse bar which Ward Perkins (Ward Perkins J. B. 1967. London Museum. Medieval Catalogue. HMSO: London) dates to the medieval or mid 15th to early 16th century. As an example Ward Perkins illustrates a late 15th century purse-frame of type A1 (see plate XXXIII, 2) which is similar in plan to the recorded object. The object is made of cast copper alloy.
The object consists of three elements a loop, a central block and a rove. The suspension loop is oval in plan, 30.2mm at its longest point, 19.6mm at its widest point and 3.0mm thick. In cross-section the loop is roughly ?D? shaped with a convex outer edge, a less convex inner edge and flattened upper and lower edges. At the base of the suspension loop is a small integral collar which splays out slightly at its base. The collar is trapezoid shaped in plan and circular in section. It is 6.5mm long and 6.8mm in diameter at its widest point. The collar leads directly to a central block which is sub-rectangular in both plan and section. It is 10.7mm long, 10.6mm wide and 9.4mm thick. Both sides are decorated with a series of five linear grooves which radiate out from the collar. The integral rove is trapezoid in plan splaying out to form a rounded base. In cross-section the rove is sub-circular. The rove is 5.9mm at its longest point and 8.2mm in diameter at its widest point. Only a small portion of the arms remain, at the junction where the arms and the central block meet. The rest of the arms are missing. In cross-section the arms are oval and approximately 5.0mm long and 4mm wide.
The object has not developed a patina and so is a matt brown colour. It is abraded all over with evidence of copper corrosion on the loop. It is 54.8mm long overall, 19.6mm wide and 9.6mm thick. The weight of the object is 17.5g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1450
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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